Chapter 148: Lingering Feelings
Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion
Wait. Did he just say reunite? Does that meanâ¦
"Torex and Silva were in a partnership before?" I asked in wonder.
"Youâre a fast one. Thatâs rightâ¦" Ethan said before grinning at me.
"Really? How long ago was that?" I asked in wonder.
From what I could tell now, the two groups were not on good terms at all. I didnât have to understand mafia politics to figure out why that is. However, if they were in a partnership before then something must have happenedâ¦
"When Hayden and I were kids our groups were quite close. Hayden and I go way back. He probably doesnât want to remember it but, we grew up together. We were childhood friends, I guess you could sayâ¦" Ethan said as if reminiscing on some distant memories before he chuckled to himself.
I blinked my eyes rapidly a couple of time to clear the image of a small blond boy playing around with a dark-haired boy. The idea of these two guys being childhood friends was just difficult for me to believe and comprehend. Although now that I look back at it, Hayden did mention that he knew Ethan and he seemed to know how Ethan spent his childhood.
Why didnât I catch onto this before this?
The thing that I didnât get wasâ¦
"Whyâ¦are you telling me this?" I asked, clearly confused.
Whatever happened or will happen between the two gang has nothing to do with me now. I was no longer connected to Hayden or the Torex gang anymore and beyond Ethan being my ex-boyfriend, I wasnât connected to Silva either. This issue has nothing to do with meâ¦or so I thought.
"Maybe because Iâm just bored and had a lot of free time on my hands that I could come all the way here to share an old story with you?" Ethan replied sarcastically before he smiled amusedly at me.
I hated it when he spoke to me like this. It was like he always knew everything, and I was the one who didnât know anything at all.
"Iâm listeningâ¦" I muttered, not willing to play his little game of chase.
"Hmmâ¦where should I start..." Ethan said, and I knew that he was teasing me.
"I donât have all day. If youâre going to waste my time, Iâm going back to the exhibition," I said curtly.
"Then what about I pick you up for dinner when youâre done for the day?" Ethan quickly suggested.
Heâs always like thisâ¦
"Noâ¦" I replied firmly.
"Youâve gotten more difficult. Is this because of Hayden, I wonderâ¦" Ethan before faking a loud sigh.
"Listen, Ethan. I donât know why you told me about your little plan, but I donât see how itâs related to me. Iâm not part of the mafiaâ¦ok?" I said, feeling tired all of a sudden.
"Hahahaâ¦youâre the one who doesnât see or get anything," Ethan said with a laugh.
"Thereâs nothing between Hayden and me anymoreâ¦" I said.
"Ohâ¦so there was?" Ethan said with his eyes narrowing at me.
I narrowed my eyes at him in return. My temper was clearly boiling over, and it was taking all I had to control my anger just so that I wouldnât cause a scene in public. If only this wasnât my art exhibitionâ¦
"Itâs got nothing to do with youâ¦" I said defensively.
"It has everything to do with me. After all, youâre the key to bringing Torex and Silva together," Ethan said before he smiled at me.
"I donât understand a thing that youâre sayingâ¦" I muttered.
"Look around you. Canât you see?" Ethan asked.
"Huh?" I said in confusion.
However, just like Ethan had suggested, I started looking around me. For the life of me, I wasnât even sure what I was looking for. There were people in the café, waitresses walking around to serve the customers. Outside, through the clear glass display for the café, I could see people standing by or walking along. There was nothing suspicious or anything that seemed out of place at all.
"Theyâre buzzing around you like flies," Ethan said before a look of disgust appeared on his face.
"What?" I asked in confusion.
"Youâre being watched, and you have no clue. Maybe theyâre evening listening to our conversation as we speakâ¦" Ethan said before he shrugged his shoulders.
"What are you talking about? Who are you referring to?" I asked in panic.
"Who else? That man standing over there leaning on the pillar. That man there in the white shirt and black suit. That man there whoâs just sitting there and drinking coffeeâ¦" Ethan said as his eyes glanced around the people who he had just mentioned.
My eyes followed his glance although I couldnât see why those people were out of the ordinary. Whatever Ethan wanted me to see or understand, I just wasnât getting it.
"I donât understandâ¦" I said softly.
"Torex gang membersâ¦I can smell them from miles awayâ¦" Ethan said with a shrug of his shoulders.
Torexâ¦
Haydenâs men are here?! What does that mean?
"You look so shocked. Donât stare at them," Ethan said casually.
"What is going on?" I asked, more confused than before.
"You said that there is nothing between you and Hayden but I wouldnât be so sure. Hayden wouldnât keep a woman under such heavy surveillance if she meant nothing to him no matter how many free men he had to spare," Ethan said with certainty.
"It canât beâ¦" I whispered.
"You probably didnât realize anything, but heâs probably been keeping tabs on you all along. He probably doesnât want me to get close to you eitherâ¦" Ethan explained casually.
"Thenâ¦why are you here?" I asked sarcastically.
"Did Hayden tell you about Amelia?" Ethan asked abruptly.
"Yes. I also visited herâ¦" I replied.
Ethan nodded seemingly satisfied. I didnât want to tell him everything that Hayden told me though because I was quite certain that he knew already.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Amelia was my fiancée. We were engaged since she was born. When she was young, she had a lot of health complications. Her body was frail and because of that she was sent to live abroad where it was warmer and where the air was cleaner," Ethan started explaining.
--To be continuedâ¦